Bait casting guard



Au@ 11, 1942v y w. s. CORDRY 'A 2,292,743

BAIT CASTING GUARD.

Filed June .10, 1941 www 00m/ry Attorney Patented Aug. 11, 1942 BAITCASTING GUARD william s. cordry, st. Louis, Mo. i Application June 1o,1941, serial No. 397,465

3 Claims. (Cl.` 43-27) This invention relates to a guard for castingbeing to provide a cylinder having a float at its top for holding thevdevice at the top. of a body of water with the line passing -throughthe device and the live bait on the hook remaining in the cylinderduring the casting operation, with the minnow and hook sinking into the.water from the cylinder when .the device is floating on the water. Thusthe device will protect the minnow so that one minnow can be used` 4livebait, the general object of the invention.

with a large number of casts and .the device will y prevent snagging ofthe hook in brush or the like.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement lof the several parts to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure 1is a view showing the invention in use on a fishing line with the devicefloating on the water and the minnow on the hook having' passed from thedevice with the parts in fishing position.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the device and showingtheA minnow therein. f

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

In these views the numerall indicates a cylinder of elongated form andthis cylinder is preferably formed of Celluloid or the like and istransparent. A bulbous member 2 covers the upper portion of the deviceand the space between this member 2 and the upper part oi.'

the cylinder i Iforms an air chamber which makes the device buoyant inwater as shown in Figure 1.- Holes 3 are formed in the cylinder belowthe Junction of the member 2 therewith and this part 2 can be madetranslucent. A smallsleeve 4 passes through la vhole in the -top of themember 2 and extends into the upper part of the cylinder and the fishingline l passes through this sleeve. the lower part of the line preventsthe line from passing through the sleeve and a knot 'l is formed in' theline to limit upward movement o! the'device on the line and this knotregulates the depth the hook lwith the minnow l thereon rests in thewater so that by placing. thisknot in the proper position in the linethe depth of fishing can be regulated. As will be seen when the castingis being done the minnow. and the hook are located' in the cylinder thusprotecting the minnow so that a great. number of casts can be madewithout renewing the bait and as l'he weight l on soon as the devicestrikes the water it willv float in an upright position thereon as shown'in Figure 1 and the weight of the sinker or weight 6 and of the hookwill cause the line to pass downwardly until the knot 'I engages theupper end of the sleeve 4 and then the minnow will be at a predetermineddepth in the water so that a fish can strike the same.

As before stated this device will protect the minnow and enables the,same bait.l to be used over and over again enabling a large number ofcasts and it will also prevent the hook from i' being caught in brushand other obstructions. It is thought from the foregoing descriptionthat the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readilyapparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. In a bait protecting device for a fishing line,

an elongated cylinder, a bulbous member enclosing the upper portion ofthe cylinder and forming a float chamber, a sleeve in the top of thebulbous member and extending into the upper part of the cylinder, theline passing through the sleeve with the hook and the lbait; resting inthe cylinder with the hook and bait passing from the cylinder when thedevice is resting on the water.

2. In a bait protecting device for a nshing line, an elongated cylinder,a bulbous member enclosing the upper portion -of the cylinder andforming a float chamber, a sleeve in the top of the bulbousl member kandextending into the upper part of the cylinder, the line passing through,the sleeve -with the hook and the bait resting in the cylinder with thehook and bait passing from Pthe cylinder when the device is resting onthel water. .the cylinder having holes therein below the junctionof thebulbous therewith and stops on the line'for hunting upward and downwardmovement of the device upon the line.

y 3. A bait protecting device for a fishing lin comprising an elongatedhollow body having its top closed, guide means in saidclosed wp throughwhich the line passes for sliding movement, the body being of a size toreceive the` sinker. 'hook and bait of the line and of a weight to causethe body to move downwardly on the t line until the 4guide means engagesthe sinker when the body comes to rest with the hook and bait thereinand a iioat surrounding the upper l end. of the body for holding thebody in upright' position in a bodyof water.

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